Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3740
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button with a blue border around a red central field with two photo lithographic portraits, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and one of Henry A. Wallace, his vice-presidential candidate in 1940. Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice President of the United States, 1941-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; and a Progressive candidate for President of the United States, 1948.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
